BIOGRAPHY OF AMANDO URSOS:
AMANDO URSOS WAS THE 11TH CHILD
OF ITAY IYONG AND INAY JUANA
HE WAS ALSO KNOWN AS ITI AMANDO
LIKE SERGIO..
HE WAS ALSO A REPLICA OF THE BEAUTY OF HIS MOTHER IN A MAN'S BEAUTY
HE WAS PROUD AND CONFIDENT OF HIMSELF
HE WAS ON A MISSION BY HIS MOTHER
TO GO TO BUTUAN CITY TO FIND WAYS
HOW SHE COULD CLAIM HER PROPERTIES
IN AGUSAN AS ONE OF THE HEIRS OF
DUMAPLIN FAMILIES AS OWNERS
OF THE VAST OF LANDS
IN BUTUAN CITY AND TALACOGON AGUSAN
BUT THE WAR ERUPTED
HE WAS ENLISTED IN THE ARMY AS PART
OF THE AMERICAN CONTINGENT
PROTECTING THE BAROBO AIRFIELDS
TO CONTINUE THE WAR AGAINST JAPAN
THAT MAKES HIM THE MASTER OF THE FOREST OF
NORTHERN MINDANAO...
TOGETHER WITH OTHER FILIPINO AND AMERICAN SOLDIERS, THEY ESTABLISHED THEIR HEADQUARTERS AT THE FOREST OF AGUSAN AS A MILITARY BASE TO ATTACK BUTUAN CITY AND DAVAO CITY BY THAT TIME WAS OCCUPIED BY THE JAPANESE ARMY.
FINDING THE AGUSAN RIVER AS THE NATURAL
LINKS AND TRAVELLING BY SMALL BOATS TO COUNTER MILITARY ACTIVITES OF THE JAPANESE ARMY..
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FROM THEIR HEADQUARTERS NEAR BUNAWAN..
IT WAS THERE WHERE HE FOUND ... JULIANA
A TEACHER OF PRIMARY SCHOOL
A LOVE STORY BETWEEN THEM WAS TOLD
THAT THE PARENTS OF JULIANA DO NOT LIKE
AN ARMY TO BE HIS HUSBAND...
BUT JULIANA WAS SO IN LOVE WITH THIS URSOS
( UNSAY BA GYUD ANG BIRTUD SA URSOS !!! NGA GRABEE MAN PAGKA INLOVE ANG AKONG LOLA SA AKONG LOLO NGA URSOS ????)
IMAGINE !!!!
AT THE MIDST OF THE WAR....
AGAINST THE FLOW OF THE WATER...
LOVE IS TOO MUCH FOR JULIANA
SHE WENT AWAY FROM HER PARENTS
JUST TO SEE AMANDO URSOS
AT THE OTHER SIDE OF THE RIVER
THE WAR WAS GOING ON...
BUT SHE DECIDED TO SWIM ACROSS THE RIVER
WHERE AMANDO URSOS IS WAITING FOR HER
TO MAKE THE STORY SHORT
AMANDO BROUGHT JULIANA
TO TAGALUAHAN , UBAY. BOHOL
IT WAS THERE WHERE
LOLA JULIANA WORKED AS A TEACHER IN UBAY
TOGETHER WITH LOLA ROSITA URSOS PENASO
WHO WAS ALSO A TEACHER...
WHILE JULIANA AND ROSITA WERE WORKING
THEIR CHILDREN ...
ESTHER, DAUGHTER OF ROSITA AND CESAR
CONCESA , DAUGHTER OF JULIANA AND AMANDO
WERE UNDER THE CARE OF INAY JUANA...
EATING ON THE SAME PLATE,
SLEEPING ON THE SAME BED...
AMANDO..HAVE TO REPORT BACK TO HIS WORK
HE WAS ASSIGNED IN LEYTE MILITARY BASE
AND LATER...TO DAVAO CITY ARMY BASE
IT WAS IN DAVAO IN THE EARLY 1950S
WHERE AMANDO URSOS, STILL IN THE ARMY
BECAME THE GRAND CHAMPION
IN THE SINGING CONTEST..KNOWN AS
TAWAG NG TANGHALAN NG DAVAO CITY
HE DECIDED TO QUIT THE ARMY AND WORKED
AS SALES REPRESENTATIVE OF ONE OF THE BUSINESS COMPANIES IN DAVAO CITY
IT WAS THERE..WHERE MARCIANO URSOS
WENT TO DAVAO CITY AND FIND THE
COMPANY OF AMANDO A PROMISING SEARCH
OF THEIR FUTURE...
AMANDO LED MARCIANO TO FIND A LAND NEAR THE
MILITARY BASE WHERE AMANDO WAS ASSIGNED DURING THE WAR.. IT WAS TAGLIKID, SAN FRANCISCO AGUSAN SUR...
THEY ASKED... BENJAMEN TO JOIN THEM WHO WAS WORKING AT THE SUGARLANDS AT CALATRAVA WHERE SERGIO URSOS AND NENA VILLAFLOR WAS ESTABLISHING A SUGARLAND BUSINESS..
BENJAMEN DECIDED TO GO JOIN MARCIANO AND AMANDO..BECAUSE THE LAND WILL BE PROCESSED INTO A TITLE BEARING THEIR NAMES...
DURING THE EARLY 1950S... THE LANDS OF TAGLIKID WERE OWNED AND DIVIDED BY THE THREE URSOSES... MARCIANO, BENJAMEN AND AMANDO
ALL OTHER URSOS CAME FROM BOHOL..LATER
LATE OF 1950S...
AMANDO URSOS BECOME THE FIRST CHIEF OF POLICE OF SAN FRANCISCO AGUSAN SUR ...
IN 1970S... HE RETIRED
HIS POSITION WAS TOOK OVER BY HIS SON IN LAW
PACIANO LADERA ( MY FATHER)
HE BECAME A MUNICIPAL COUNSILOR IN 1972 AND HE RETIRED IN 1986...
HE CONCENTRATE THE REMAINING YEARS OF HIS LIFE AS MANAGER OF THE ST PETER LIFE PLAN ..
Names of Family Relatives in Spanish
- padre: ______________________ father
- madre:______________________ mother
- hermano:____________________ brother
- hermana:____________________ sister
- suegro:______________________ father-in-law
- suegra:______________________ mother-in-law
- cuñado: _____________________ brother-in-law
- cuñada: _____________________ sister-in-law
- esposo, marido:_______________ husband
- esposa, marida:_______________ wife
- abuelo:______________________ grandfather
- abuela:______________________ grandmother
- bisabuelo: ___________________ great-grandfather
- bisabuela: ___________________ great-grandmother
- tatarabuelo: _________________ great-great-grandfather
- tatarabuela: _________________ great-great-grandmother
- hijo: ________________________ son
- hija: ________________________ daughter
- nieto: _______________________ grandson
- nieta: _______________________ granddaughter
- bisnieto:_____________________ great-grandson
- bisnieta:_____________________ great-granddaughter
- tataranieto:__________________ great-great-grandson
- tataranieta:__________________ great-great-granddaughter
- tío: _________________________ uncle
- tía: _________________________ aunt
- tío abuelo: ___________________ great-uncle
- tía abuela: ___________________ great-aunt
- primo:_______________________ cousin (male)
- prima:_______________________ cousin (female)
- primo carnal, prima carnal:_____ first cousin
- primo segundo, prima segunda:__ second cousin
- sobrino:______________________ nephew
- sobrina:______________________ niece
- padrastro:____________________ stepfather
- madrastra: ___________________ stepmother
- hijastro:______________________ stepson
- hijastra:______________________ stepdaughter
- hermanastro:__________________ stepbrother
- hermanastra:__________________ stepsister
- medio hermano, hermano de padre, hermano de madre: _ half brother
- media hermana, hermana de padre, hermana de madre: _ half sister
Some other terms used to say your family members name in Spanish
- papá ______________________ dad
- mamá _____________________ mum
- mis padres _________________ my parents
- mis papás __________________ my mum and dad
- concuñado: ______________________ husband of one's spouse's sister
- concuñada: ______________________ wife of one's spouse's brother
- prometido, novio: _________________ fiance, boyfriend, groom
- prometida, novia: _________________ fiancee, girlfriend, bride
